Tribia coronata

Tribia coronata
Tribia coronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Tribia
Species: T. coronata
Binomial name
Tribia coronata
(Scacchi, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria coronata Scacchi, 1835
  • Cancellaria taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1849
  • Narona coronata (Scacchi, 1835)

Tribia coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Tribia coronata (Scacchi, 1835).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341247 on 6 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
  • Verhecken A. (2007). Revision of the Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea) of the eastern Atlantic (40°N-40°S) and the Mediterranean. Zoosystema : 29(2): 281-364

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